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Isaac Lambertsen

Ode IX

Menaion — translated by Isaac Lambertsen

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¶1

Irmos: Thy birthgiving, O Ever-virgin, which was revealed to the law-giver on the mountain in the fire and the bush, for the salvation of us, the faithful, do we magnify with unceasing hymnody.

¶2

Thou didst guide the flock of Christ to the divine havens, having preserved them unharmed by the storm of the adversary, in that thou art a most excellent hierarch and a fulfiller of the commandments of God, O wise father.

¶3

Theotokion: Bearing in thine arms Christ Who beareth all things in His divine hand, O pure one, do thou ever entreat Him, that He set forth the offerings of our hands as incense before His face.

¶4

As a pure celebrant of the sacred mysteries, a valiant martyr, a wondrous worker of miracles, a recorder of divine things, an unshakable pillar of the Faith, O father, thou hast received everlasting glory.

¶5

Having endured many trials and pangs in the tribunal, thou didst pass over, rejoicing, to the divine life which is devoid of pain, where thou dost now partake of divinity in a pure manner, O right wondrous martyr Dorotheus.

¶6

Thy divinely radiant memory hath enlightened the world, illumining the faithful with rays of divine gifts. O father, show forth us who glorify it to be partakers also of thy divine radiance.

Translated by Isaac Lambertsen. Edition menaion.en.lambertsen.

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